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Top XR Events in 2021 That Should Be on Your Must-Attend List

ARPost

A large adoption rate for augmented and virtual reality in 2020 has broadened the audience and age groups interested in the latest technologies. Where: Turin, Italy (and Online). The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us how important immersive and interactive apps and games are in our everyday life. When: October 17 – October 21. ICHVR 2021.

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The XR Week Peek (2021.07.13): Lynx now aims at the consumer market, App Lab to enable DLCs, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Probably I should tell you that I was busy with VR projects, but the truth is that I have been celebrating a lot lately, especially the recent victory of Italy in the Euro 2020 soccer championship. Facebook, instead, has just added Harry Potter-inspired group filters for its Portal device. Top news of the week. Image by Lynx).

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Interview to Enea Le Fons: from #30DaysInVR to #XDaysInXR and beyond

The Ghost Howls

I spent 80% of my time on a slightly customized version of Unreal Engine for Developers in-VR Editor (by Epic Games). It enables sophisticated in-VR level design and a good part of Unreal’s interface is exposed within it. What are the best development tools that can be used inside VR? Tell my readers about it! Absolutely!

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SIF: Hands-on with Spheres, Buddy VR and much more!

The Ghost Howls

I’ve returned to Italy, but there is still so much I have to tell you about the Sandbox Immersive Festival in Qingdao! I mean, Spheres is a good experience, but it has not been my favorite VR experience at Sandbox festival, not even in the group of the first three. Are you ready for some new reviews? Let me explain why.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.02.10): Lynx launches MR standalone headset, Facebook acquires Scape and much more!

The Ghost Howls

While talking on WeChat on the XR Story group, an XR professional in China, Alex of Simfinity, has clarified that the situation in China is not easy, but until now it has not been much worse than what usually happens during Chinese New Year vacations when factories close for 2–4 weeks. You can download it by using the link here below.

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The XR Week Peek (2020.10.26): DecaGear is an intriguing VR headset, HTC is working on a new device, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Coronavirus is back in Italy and from yesterday we’re having new restrictions like a night curfew, some kind of shops closed, etc… I hope that you and the people you love are safe. My friend Nicolas Esposito of Enter Reality has released Project Rigel, his solution to provide full-body tracking and motion capture for Unreal Engine.

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How I got started with virtual reality (and you can, too)

The Ghost Howls

My work in virtual events started by chance in 2019, when at the beginning of the autumn, VRrOOm CEO Louis Cacciuttolo wrote a post on a WeChat group saying that he was looking for a developer to explore VR events together. My suggestion to them is to start first of all to learn Unity and C#, or Unreal and C++.